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Marina Cruz : breathing patterns

Title

Marina Cruz : breathing patterns / with a text by Kira Jürjens and an interview with the artist by Philipp Bollmann ; editors: Matthias Arndt, Tiffany Wood ; texts: Matthias Arndt (foreword), Philipp Bollmann (interview), Kira Jürjens (essay) ; translation: Ann Marie Bohan.

Author

Cruz, Marina

Publication

Berlin : Distanz, [2017]
Berlin : Gestalten
©2017

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93 pages : color illustrations; 29 cm

Summary

The paintings of the Philippine artist Marina Cruz (b. Quezon City, Philippines, 1982; lives and works in Bulacan) blend abstract harmonies of color with trompe-l'Œil depictions. Her motifs are dresses her late grandmother sewed for her mother and aunt. They bear the imprints of the grandmother's manual craftsmanship as well as the wearers' bodies and experiences. Not unlike an archaeologist, Cruz reveals these traces in the folds and deep grooves, the vibrant chromatic textures and fragile lineaments of the fabrics. In some pictures the haunting beauty of the surfaces has suffered the ravages of time, while in others stains and tears seem to hint at incidents of violence and bodily injury. At a time when clothes are increasingly short-lived mass products, Cruz's works read as an ode to the tailor's trade and to garments as a record of history.

Uniform Title

Paintings. Selections

Alternative Title

Paintings.
Breathing patterns

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN

9783954761944
3954761947

LCCN

2017439952
9783954761944

OCLC

on1000515877
1000515877
SCSB-8807523

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library